Now, the 1200-1400$ includes the already purchased chassis and PSU.I'm currently using sli GTX 460. I plan on upgrading to the new Nvidia once they come out. I'm wondering if the 1050 watt is too much, because I don't know how much the new Nvidia will push in terms of power. If so, i'll bring the PSU back and buy lower wattage, like an 850.I'm wondering if this PSU will suffice:

2. The HX1050 is kind of overkill - drop that to an 850 and invest the difference in upgrading your GPU. You'll most likely never use all that power - most systems will never need a PSU over 900W - you could probably get by with a TX750 and be fine.

2. The HX1050 is kind of overkill - drop that to an 850 and invest the difference in upgrading your GPU. You'll most likely never use all that power - most systems will never need a PSU over 900W - you could probably get by with a TX750 and be fine.

Good point on the PSU. I'll go exchange it for a lower modular( looking for less cables )Correction on the memory, I though it was dual-channel (must've miss-read), thanks for that. I was thinking of getting at lease 8GB of RAM for the simple reason to get rid of the paging file to reduce reads on the ssd. Now, i'm not sure is 8 will suffice to do that without games having to fail due to not enough RAM. I also read that the Corsair XMS are good modules. I've noticed you have Corsair RAM. Which modules do you have?

As for CPU cooler, I currently have the Cooler Master v8 and its a hassle to clean and this model is of similar design (fan in the middle). I'm not in a smoke environment anymore, so i'm sure my pc will breath better. I'm just looking for efficiency with less bulkyness. Sometimes its a pain to reach cables when you have a monster of a cooler.

Correction on the memory, I though it was dual-channel (must've miss-read), thanks for that. I was thinking of getting at lease 8GB of RAM for the simple reason to get rid of the paging file to reduce reads on the ssd. Now, i'm not sure is 8 will suffice to do that without games having to fail due to not enough RAM. I also read that the Corsair XMS are good modules. I've noticed you have Corsair RAM. Which modules do you have?

The Corsair XMS series is decent - I'm not going to say it's anything spectacular. Crucial and Kingston would be better bets.

On both systems I have I run 4 x 4GB modules. The main reason I run them on my gaming system is that I mainly use my PC primarily for HTPC and media management purposes and gaming is second on that build. The Z68 runs at 1600, and my AMD system runs at 1333.

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As for CPU cooler, I currently have the Cooler Master v8 and its a hassle to clean and this model is of similar design (fan in the middle). I'm not in a smoke environment anymore, so i'm sure my pc will breath better. I'm just looking for efficiency with less bulkyness. Sometimes its a pain to reach cables when you have a monster of a cooler.

That is true to a certain extent - that's why I usually don't recommend - say the Noctua D14 on some builds because of the way the motherboard is laid out. I was using a Silver Arrow on my Gigabyte 990FX and eventually had to chuck it because I could not reach the 8-pin voltage connector. Sometimes a smaller fan is the way to go. You might want to check out the Noctua NH-U9B or Corsair A70 if they're available where you live.